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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4

Anniversaries and Holidays.- Feast of St. Francis d'Asalsi.

Auctions-Hughes and Hough's Household Furniture, 528 Nathan Road, 2nd floor, Kowloop, 10.30 Komor's fine Art and Curios, Chater Road. 2.30, p.m.

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IN SEARCH OF AN HEIR

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London, Sept. 16.

an heir to the throne is want- ed in the Federated Malay State of Selangor- and nobody can be found to accept the position.

A few months ago (reports British United Press) the Sultan di Selangor and his British ad- visers compelled the Sultan's 300, Tengku Musa Iddin, to renounce his rank and title of Rajh Muda "Young Ruler," which carries the right of succession because of dissatisfaction with his mode (or living and nis. heavy debts.

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A FIRST NOVEL

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London, Sept. 18. Mrs, Amy Bi. Loc. Strachey, widow of Mr. John St. Loe Stra chey, is shortly. to publish her drst novel..

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His

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FRUITS OF OPPOSITION

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London, Sept. 18. Though Mr. Lansbury is official leader of the Opposition--a post which for some time he seemed likely to resign-I should very much doubt whether he would ever become Prime Minister, writes

Central:"Chinese Picture." Oriental:-Ait The King's

Horses."

1

World: "Chinese Picture. Alhambra-“Abdul The Damned." Majestic:-"The Private Life Of

Don Juan" Star-So This Is Africa!"

Lectures-Christian Fellowship. Helena May. 10.30 a.m.;. Mr. H Martin, MLEE. University, 8.30 p.m.

Meetings. English Association Committee, Sanitary Department Board Room, Post Office Building. 5.15 p.m.

Miscellaneous. Annual Speech Day, St. Stephen's Girl' College, Lyttleton Road. 3 p.m.; All Rank, Tombola, Wellington Barracks, 7.30 p.m.

Bocial,Whist Drive and Tom- bola, RAW.O.s' and Bgts' Mess 8.30 p.m.

Sports.

Bockey-Hong Kong Club 2nd XI v. 1/8 Punjabs (King's Park) 5 pm

“Moon---IX Mon, 7th." Day,

sunrise and am Sunse –309 #p.m.

1.

Tides-High at 15.63; Low at 3.06 and 17.01.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5.

* Anulversaries and Holidays— Twen.y-Fifth Anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic of Portugal

correspondent in a London Church

daily.

Bazaars. Kowloon Unjon Women's Guild Sale of Work, Church Hall. 3. p.m.; Quarry Even supposing-what is highly Bay School Bale of Work, 10.30 improbable that a Bocialist Gov-am crnment came into power as soon as after the next election, Mr. Lansbury might feel himself too ·King's: -- "George White's 1935 trail for the burden.

Scandals."

Cinemas.

Moreover, some Bocialist leaders Queen's:-"The Secret Bride." who, like Mr. Morrison, were turn-Central-Chinese Picture." ed out at the last General Election. Oriental:-"All The King's would have even better claims.

Borses."

Leaders of the Opposition who world-Chinese Picture." have not subsequently become Alhambra:-"Abdul The Damned."

Prime Minister are rarities in re- cent British polities.

Majestic:The Private Life of

"Don Juan."

"I can think of only a very few Miscellaneous. Claims against examples. The most recent is that the Estates of Leonor Maris Mar- of Mr. Arthur Henderson, who beques; and John Duncan Thomas, came leader of the Opposition for due.

the two months which elapsed} Social, Reception at Club between the formation of the Lusiang. 11.30 am to 12.30 p.m.; Kattonal Government and the Tombola on board BMS. Tamar, General Election of 1931.

RARE EXCEPTIONS

7.15 p.m.; Craigengower Crick":t Club Whist Drive, 9 pm; Kowloon Before that one would have to Union Church Whist Drive, 9 p.m. go back to the nineties.

William Harcourt, who led the

Her husband wils himself member of the small band of Liberal Opposition from 1896 to elderly Arst noveliste.

1808, never became Prime Minister. "Madonna

Bir Stafford, Northcote, the first of the Barricades.". came

out in 1925, when he was Lord Iddesleigh, led the Conserva 65. It was a stirring tale of theives in opposition to Mr. Glad

stone from 1880 to 1885, when he was raised to the peerage,

revolution of 1848 in Paris.

Mrs. Strachey has chosen the вате background for her story "The Frozen Heart," which Ahe | describes as "a Victorian adven ·

ture."

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Sports

Cricket Indian RC, Married v Singles

Polo

Gymkhana. Machine Gou Troop Gymkhana (Old around), Causeway Bay, 230 p.m.

Moon-Firat Quarter, 9.40 p.m. IX Moon, 8th, Day,

Sunrise.-6.16 am Sunset-8.08

which succeeded Mr. Gladstone's,p.an

In Lord Salisbury's Government.

he became Foreign Becretary, bot died two years later.

Lord

eighth, Duke of Devonshire-be

Hartington afterwards Same leader of the Liberal Oppost-

Tides, Higb at 0.44; Low at 9,33,

SUNDAY, OCTOBER, 6

Cinemax

She has drawn upon family reminiscences of the period, "of which her parents and granu parents had intimate knowledge.... tion in 1875 after the first reilre- King's: — "George White's 1935

Stendhal's first novel was written

at 44. William de Morgan resch-

ed the age of 70 before writing his

Arst

BROADCAST PLAY The broadcasts this week of Mrs. Strachey's play, "Black Ven- geance," have brought her name before a nation-wide public. But she has had a long career of anonymous authorshipp

ment of Mr. Gladstone.

Scandals

The reappearance of hts inde-Queen's "Bisck Fury" fatigable former chief, however, Central Chinese Picture," robbed him of the Premiership

WorldChinese Picture" when the Liberals returned to

Majestic:"Reckless." power in 1880..

Moon-IX Moon, 9th. Day. Bunrise.6.15 am. Sunset-4.10

TIN MEETING

London, Oct. 2

She has written largely on social According to the "nancial problems and particularly on Times" correspondent in Almater- 11 Juvenile crime, "

Mrs. Strachey is probably the Arst first-novelist to have a cover design draWE. by her grand daughter.

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TidesHigh at 13.20 and 23(55) Low at 6.58, and 17.01.

dam, the Chairman of the Inter-wiew of the increased demand for national Tin Committee has contin and the sharp decrease in vened' a specid, meeting in London | visible supplies at the end of Dep for October 3, to consider whether tember. special measures are necessary in Router.

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